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Appcoin Law Part 2: The SAFT Solution

In the second part of a series on the legal issues for token sales, Marco Santori explains the SAFT Project's protections for issuers and investors.

By Marco SantoriOct 3, 2017

The senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston believes blockchain will make financial middlemen wake up and innovate.

Russia's central securities depository (CSD) is testing a new blockchain-based commercial bond trading platform built on Hyperledger Fabric.

By Stan HigginsOct 3, 2017

Distributed ledger consortium R3 is releasing version 1.0 of its first major software offering, Corda, and celebrating with cake.

The B3i blockchain insurance consortium has added 23 new contributors, bringing its total membership to more than three dozen.

By Stan HigginsOct 2, 2017

The opaque market for initial coin offerings is moving toward clarity with the release of a new framework for investors and issuers.

By Pete RizzoOct 2, 2017

Blockchain consortium R3 has lost two of its most public employees, Tim Grant and Tim Swanson, who are moving onto their own ventures.

The controversial founder of Defense Distributed, a manufacturer of 3D gun printers, has said his company is flourishing, in part due to bitcoin.

Deloitte and DNV GL, one of the world's largest classification societies, are taking non-financial uses of blockchain tech into uncharted waters.

The SEC charged two companies and a businessman with anti-fraud violations after he allegedly launched ICO campaigns backed by nonexistent assets.

By Nikhilesh DeSep 29, 2017